In Oakland, California, container homes are banned as urban blight. But what if they were made into art? Sarah Beckstrom created this house last year attempting to demonstrate how a search for alternative styles of urban living can mix utility, efficiency and art.See the whole project >>

It is estimated that in 2008, for the first time more people globally lived in cities than in the countryside. That increase in urban population is predicted to double in the next forty years, with most of the growth being in the relatively recently industrialised developing world.

Postcard: image & text based missive sent to friends by travelers.Babylon: (1) capital of Babylonia in 2nd century B.C, often considered the first city.(2) Rastafarian term for capitalist civilisation.Liberation:the process of seeking and embodying freedom for, and by, all peoples